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"There’s no room for blood and guts or murdered film stars with TV DEATH—just music that stalks its prey with crunchy chords, endless swagger, and a playful approach to darker subject matter." merrygoroundmagazine.com/the-dredge-the…

"Bedridden's MOTHS STRAPPED TO EACH OTHER’S BACKS is as much an experience in community as mere artistic expression, and it makes me excited to know we're all working through our nostalgia in a glorious celebration of life and art." merrygoroundmagazine.com/bandcamp-picks…

It's our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring Sacred Paws's jangly indie rock showcase JUMP INTO LIFE, out now via Merge Records, and Marie Davidson's engrossing electronic extravaganza CITY OF CLOWNS, out now via DEEWEE! Read about both today! merrygoroundmagazine.com/bandcamp-picks…

Covered one of two amazing albums for this week's Bandcamp Picks over on MGR Magazine! I say plenty but the crux of my write-up is that City of Clowns is crazy good and you should check it out <3

"I feel my shimmery youth bashing up against my grizzled self, and how the right sounds can nullify everything in the name of some unspeakable catharsis. But mostly, I want to try and do a kickflip in the alley. Such is The Overjoyed's PRESSUREPOP." merrygoroundmagazine.com/the-dredge-the…

"Context doesn’t matter anymore. Does the supervillain who rattles off cruel comments and fascist ideology make you feel seen? Then sure, he’s the protagonist." On THUNDERBOLTS*'s John Walker, modern superhero tropes, and the Homelander Effect. merrygoroundmagazine.com/thunderbolts-a…

"Sacred Paws feel decidedly novel and powerful in their uber poppy exploration of love lost and a new life in the balance. Contextualize this indie pop gem however you choose, but you might just be too busy falling in love all over again." merrygoroundmagazine.com/bandcamp-picks…

"A ribbon skirt is a traditional skirt that Indigenous people wear in North America... I asked my mom what her opinion was, and she said, 'Well, you have to carry that name with responsibility if you choose it to be your name.' That really stuck with me." merrygoroundmagazine.com/interview-ribb…

My latest piece for Merry-Go-Round dissects the alarming fixation on fascist characters in modern superhero media's attempt to "grow up." Hope you enjoy!

"CITY OF CLOWNS is confrontational, dense and aggressive. It’s also hilarious and thrilling, in a way not much dance music is. It feels like a threat delivered with a laugh and a glint in the eye." merrygoroundmagazine.com/bandcamp-picks…

It's our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring a pair of debut self-titled releases, including a blissfully nostalgic EP from Los Angeles dream pop purveyors After, as well as a whirring, dancy rock album from Danish duo 100%WET, out now via Crunch Frog! merrygoroundmagazine.com/bandcamp-picks…

"After take the dreamy, warbly beats of trip-hop and meld them with the sunny, optimistic melodicism of early 2000s pop rock to create something that, paradoxically enough, sounds fresh." merrygoroundmagazine.com/bandcamp-picks…

"John Walker's shown in the post-credits with a funny hat and new uniform, ready for whatever the hell the Russo's have in store for DOOMSDAY. It’s not just that he’ll never truly have to reckon with his origins: People won’t even think that he needs to." merrygoroundmagazine.com/thunderbolts-a…

"100%WET expertly capture the entire dream pop package: euphoria, introspection, and detachment... If their eclectic, enveloping textures are this good on what is astonishingly their debut, then give us more hypergaze, please!" merrygoroundmagazine.com/bandcamp-picks…

It's our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring a collaboration between Color Green's Corey Madden and Ty Segall, FRECKLE, out now via 𝕯𝖗𝖆𝖌 𝕮𝖎𝖙𝖞, and of the moment post-country band Truth or Consequences New Mexico's (Truth or Consequences New Mexico) EP THIS TIME OF YEAR! merrygoroundmagazine.com/bandcamp-picks…

"John Walker won’t be enjoyed as a complex, morally grey anti-hero. He will simply have another chorus of lost young men who will shrug at you and say, 'Define innocent.'" merrygoroundmagazine.com/thunderbolts-a…

"Lothario offer a short, sharp injection of wonderfully seedy punk, and a proper distillation of the hammer-like wit and oversized charisma emanating from Australia’s punk collective. Now, slam it down like a Fosters, you dummy." merrygoroundmagazine.com/the-dredge-the…

Shouts to Merry-Go-Round Magazine, where I originally came across Hot Joy and fell in love with the band's debut 'Small Favor' release from last year. merrygoroundmagazine.com/bandcamp-pick-…

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It's our Bandcamp Pick of the Week, featuring (possibly?) the first ever proper Armenian death metal album, Exileth's DEATH OF THE ALMIGHTY, out now via Satanath Records! Read all about it and then grab a copy over on bandcamp! merrygoroundmagazine.com/bandcamp-pick-…